Breech ing-supporter



UNITED STATES P TENT OFFICE.

RUSSELL S. BOULTER, OF SACO, MAINE.

\ BREECHlNG-SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 297,913, dated April 29, 1884.

' Application filed December 8, 1883. (No model.)

.To all whom it maby concern:

Be it known that I, RUssELL S. BOULTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Saco, in the County of York and State of Maine, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Buckles for the Support of the Breeching of a Harness, of which the following is a full and. exact description, reference being had to the drawings accompanying and forming a part of this specification, in Which- Figure 1 is a front view of my improved breeching-supporter. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of same. Fig. 3 is a reverse or back View of same. Fig. 4 is a View of my improved supporter. with a hip-strap and breeching-bearers attached. i

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several Views.

, The object of my invention is to secure the connection of the hip-strap and the breechingbearers of a harness in a manner at once economical, convenient, and ornamental, and avoid the eXpense, inconvcnience, and unsightly appearance incident to the use of a loop to confine the end of the hip-strap; also, to avoid the inconvenience and danger constantly liable to occur from the driving-reins becoming engaged With the end of the hipstrap or other projecting parts, as well as the still greater annoyance consequent on the tail of the animal becoming so engaged.

My invention, though primarily designed for the support of a breeching, may be used to Connect and support other parts of a harness. It is made of metal. A

A a A' a' is therim or body of the buckle. B and C are two Cross-bars, forming an integral part thereof. d is a stud ortongue attached to one of the Gross-bars.

My improvement consists i in depressing (from the back) the en'd of the buckle A opposite .to the ring end; also, in depressing (from the front) the bar next succeeding, B; also, in depressing (from the back) the next succeeding bar, O. These bars form an integral part of the buckle, the depressions being formed alternately from either side. These alternate depressions allow of the ready passag'e of the strap on a plane, the stud d retainl ing it in position, while the rim, being thicker 5C the bar C. The stud d is made to engage With 6C a hole in the strap, thus securing it in position, leaving the end of the strap undeF-back ofthe ring end and bearers.

By my invention I obviate all the objections incident to the ordinary manner of connecting the before-named parts of a harness, and also avoid the expense of the connecting-strap, buckle, loop, and ring, While securing a cheap and highly ornamental connection of the parts,

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I do not claim as my invention the rim or body, or any particular conformation thereof; neither do I claim the use of a stud or tongue 'and a readily-applied and efficient brecching- 7C to secure the strap, both being essential to a buckle; neither (lo I claim a buckle With a ring forming an integral part thereof; but I do not know or believe that the alternately-depressed Gross-bars, (depressed or thinned in manner and form as herein shown and described,) 8C

forming an integral part of a buckle, have ever before been known OI' used.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-` 1. The rim A a A' a', having the part A de- 8 pressed, as herein specified, in combination with the alternately-depressed Cross-bars, as and for the purpose Set forth.

2. The rinl A (i A' a' and Gross-bars B and G, depressed i-n manner and form as hereinbe- C fore shown and described, and provided With stud d, the whole to form an improved article of manufacture.

RUSSFJLL S. BOULTER.

Witnesses:

FRANK A. HAINEs, FENNO W. FIFIELD. 

